DubtodaIll:cgraves67: It seems to me that the delivery driver is going to get robbed quite a bit.

Or at least have difficulty actually getting paid. They should make it call in at least so they don't take orders from people who are already hammered.

I'm not so worried about the customer. The app could require credit card number input in order to complete the sale. I was thinking about a guy or gal carrying a load of liquor and maybe some tip cash in an unfamiliar environment. Pizza delivery guys get their money stolen on occasion, the liquor would only make the robbery more appealing.

This is all well and good for Austin, but any plans of expansion will be met with all sorts of legal trouble. BeerJobber and many others have attempted the alcohol delivery gig, but it is fraught with issues due to the bullshiat three tier system. I wish this was something that could be expanded on, but alas I hold no hope.

(AP, formerly known as Associated Press, now just thrilled to be thought of as an early app mispelling)

The internet site known as Fark has reported ceased updating as postings became ever more erratic by even their incredibly loose standards. There was initially some mention of "it's here, it's here", followed by ever-worsening typo until not even cat-like typing could be responsible for the emanations uttering from the ether. The main page had long since gone silent until finally even the caturday page ceased activity. There is speculation that there may be a tie-in with the rather alarming spike in alcohol-related deaths reported by the hundred of thousands across the country and around the world. This is strongly fermented by the fact that many of the deceased had the same web page on their personal electronic devices when their remains were found. Patterns of behavior observed by the deceased included near total isolation with frequent deliveries made to their doors. It was often by the delivery driver that the finding of the moribund were made.

danno_to_infinity:The internet site known as Fark has reported ceased updating as postings became ever more erratic by even their incredibly loose standards. There was initially some mention of "it's here, it's here", followed by ever-worsening typo until not even cat-like typing could be responsible for the emanations uttering from the ether. The main page had long since gone silent until finally even the caturday page ceased activity. There is speculation that there may be a tie-in with the rather alarming spike in alcohol-related deaths reported by the hundred of thousands across the country and around the world. This is strongly fermented by the fact that many of the deceased had the same web page on their personal electronic devices when their remains were found. Patterns of behavior observed by the deceased included near total isolation with frequent deliveries made to their doors. It was often by the delivery driver that the finding of the moribund were made.

Meh, living here in civilization we can get food, booze, drugs, groceries, whatever delivered to our door and we manage to squeak by.

pueblonative:BTW anybod want to start a pool as to when MADD comes out swinging against this?

the thing that scares me is the following scenario.

Big Beer starts giving huge amounts of money to MADD on the condition that MADD comes out swinging against homebrewing and craftbrewing. Big Beer also contributes huge amounts of money to mega churches with the same conditions.

Jiro Dreams Of McRibs:pueblonative: BTW anybod want to start a pool as to when MADD comes out swinging against this?

the thing that scares me is the following scenario.

Big Beer starts giving huge amounts of money to MADD on the condition that MADD comes out swinging against homebrewing and craftbrewing. Big Beer also contributes huge amounts of money to mega churches with the same conditions.

Frightening scenario.

Actually it's going the opposite direction, with Anheiser teaming up with craft brewers and producing their own. Homebrewing doesn't even make a dent since you consider the cost to set up a home brewery in the first place not to mention the time. Finally even Big Beer is not stupid enough to stick it's money dick into the crazy that is MADD.If you're going to worry, worry about Big Beer spending on anti-marijuana groups. That's where things could get entertaining in the adult beverage and consumption factory.

Kinan:At $5 a trip and gas at $4 a gallon how is this going to make money?

Simply limit the round trip distance to some fraction of the distance you can go on a gallon of gas.

Say your car gets 20 MPG city. If you limit deliveries to, say, a 2.5 mile radius, you can make the deliveries for a maximum of (($4/20miles)*5miles) = $1 in gas costs. If you can combine several deliveries into a single run, you get even more savings.

I could work there because I have knowledge and experience with home brewing. 99.9% of home brewed beer is disgusting swill that some hipster concocted in a basement toilet, expects you to drink and then to tell him it's delicious so he'll feel like a contributing member of society.

Seems weird at first, but I can see it ensuring more people drink at home rather than go out, and alot less drunk drivers making beer runs. If it helps keep drunk drivers off the road even a little, it's worth it.

I got a freelance gig once where I set up a shopping cart website, allowing people to buy wine online, and have it shipped to their house.This all worked well, and the owner of the liquor store made a lot of money. I did fairly well myself, for that matter.

But early on in the process, it occured to me that I was setting myself up for a potential liability. What happens if some 14 year old buys the wine and something happens to him? So I had the owner of the store put me on his payroll at $100 a month. That was my "maintenance fee", as it were. The idea being, if anything happens, I'm an actual employee of the store, and therefore not responsible personally.

Nothing bad happened, fortunately. The point of the story is, if you ever find yourself in a similar situation, it's a good idea to protect yourself.